You might not believe this but Harrow Council have been undertaking a 1 year trial using a Voice Risk Analysis (VRA) system to find out whether their staff were not telling the truth when they say that they are too ill to work. It is thought that the Council has saved some £400,000 + in misallocated employee benefits claims. It’ll make you think twice about pulling a sickie in future…..
The Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill that has envoked controversial comment to date has been held up in government. The Bill, that would allow agency workers / staff the same rights as permanent staff, was voted to the wire and so it will now continue through committee stage whilst MPs suggest changes. Even greater uproar was caused when the Employee Relations Minister, Pat McFadden, took the decision not to vote at all.
About 15m people visit a pub in the UK every week, keeping bar staff, chefs and waiters in employment throughout the year! The biggest pub company in the UK is Punch Taverns, it has more than 8,400 outlets, the second largest is Enterprise Inns which 7,800 outlets. We’ll seen be approaching these firms to make sure you hear about vacancies as soon as they happen.
So what is the oldest pub in the UK, currently the debate is between Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem in Nottingham and Ye Old Fighting Cocks in St Albans, not wanting to be bias but I used to drink in the Ye Old Fighting Cocks so that naturally gets my vote!
Fancy working by the seaside? Hotel chain Travelodge is creating 2,000 new jobs in the next 18 months by opening 70 new hotels, including many at beach resorts.
The next openings, planned for this summer, are in Brighton, Worthing and Lowestoft, followed by Torquay and Blackpool later in the year. Other launches include Tunbridge Wells, Merthyr Tydfil and Cardiff Bay.
Each hotel requires managers, receptionists, bar and cafe staff and guest room cleaners.
CyberSource, an American software company is set to create 56 jobs in Belfast over the next three years. The company which provides internet payments systems is going to open a research and development centre. CyberSource is renowned as a specialist in the devlopment of solutions used to process secure online transactions.
